Health effects from exposure to contaminated air may vary from short term effects to long lasting chronic effects.

Doctors can refer to the Health Care Providers Guide below and may rely on traditional diagnoses such as Reactive Airways Disease, migraine headaches, or toxic encephalopathy. Alternatively, doctors may simply list symptoms such as deficits in attention, memory, and information processing, or difficulties with balance, for example. Finally some doctors may diagnose a crewmember with “inhalation injury” or “neurological injury from chemical exposure at work.”

Some have proposed the term “Aerotoxic Syndrome” to describe the symptoms that affected crewmembers and passengers report after exposure, although this is not yet a universally accepted term.

WHAT CAN BE DONE IF YOU SUSPECT EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED AIR AND ADVERSE EFFECTS OR YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT…

1. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS GUIDE:
Obtain a copy of the FAA funded Health Care providers Guide, by clicking the following links for the quick-reference Health Care Providers’ Guide and the Full Version.
Ensure you take these to all medical appointments.

April 2015 – To donate funding to the University of Washington research please contact the GCAQE.

3. NEUROTOXICITY BLOOD TEST:
Duke University – Blood test for markers of damage to the central nervous system/brain – not specific to TCP. Blood is shipped to USA. There is a fee attached to this test. For further details click here.

Toxic Free Airlines – Have you experienced ill health as a result of flying as a passenger or crew member? Click this link

9. DOCUMENTATION:
Keep a calendar with a record of any symptoms, sick days, medical visits, or other important information including the aircraft registration, flight number, date and time, and keep records of documentation.

10. OTHER DATA:
Also bring your doctor a copy of the Safety Data Sheet for the product you were likely exposed to, the incident report that you filed with your airline, and your symptom calendar.